This new species reported from California is so closely allied to N. semi-orbicularis and N. pediades, both of which are edible, that it is here given, that it may be recognized by students on the Pacific coast or wherever it occurs. [Illustration] =GALE´RA= Fr. _Galerus_, a cap. =Pileus= more or less membranaceous, conical or oval, then expanded, striate, margin at the first straight, then adpressed to the stem. =Gills= not decurrent. =Stem= somewhat cartilaginous, continuous with the pileus, but differing in texture, tubular. =Veil= none or fibrillose. =Spores= tawny-ochraceous. Slender, fragile, generally growing on the ground. Galera corresponds with Mycena, Nolanea, Psathyra and Psathyrella, which are distinguished by their spore colors. In the brown-spored series Naucoria is separated by the margin of the pileus being at first incurved, and Tubaria by the decurrent gills. The genus is composed of small species, but many grow in clusters, and are of a consistency which decreases but little in quick cooking. Those tested are delicate in texture and flavor. =G. lateri´tia= Fr.—_later_, a brick. =Pileus= 1 in. high, _pale yellowish when moist_, ochraceous when dry, hygrophanous, membranaceous, _acorn-shaped then bell-shaped_, obtuse, even, smooth, slightly and densely striate at the margin when moist. =Stem= 3 in. and more long, 1 line thick, tubular, attenuated upward, tense and straight, even, but _white-pruinose, whitish_. =Gills= _adnexed_ in the top of the cone, hence appearing as if free, ascending, very narrow, _crowded, cinnamon_. =Gills= almost adpressed to the stem, almost pendulous. Remarkably analogous with A. ovalis, but easily distinguished by the _linear gills_ and the absence of a veil; very fragile. _Fries._ =Spores= 11×5µ _W.P._; 11–12×5–6µ _Massee_. West Virginia, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania. On dung and rich pastures. June to frost. _McIlvaine._ The narrow conical cap, distinctly striate, distinguishes this species from G. tenera. In quality there is no difference. It is a well-flavored, delicate species. (Plate LXXIX.) [Illustration: GALERA TENERA. Two-thirds natural size. ] =G. te´nera= Schaeff.—_tener_, tender. =Pileus= ½ in. and more high, _of one color, pallid rust-color when damp_, becoming pale when dry, hygrophanous, somewhat membranaceous, _conico-bell-shaped_, commonly smooth, slightly striate when moist, wholly even when dry, opaque, somewhat atomate. =Stem= commonly 3–4 in. long, 1 line thick, tubular, fragile, equal or when larger thickened downward, _tense and straight, somewhat shining_, striate upward, of the same color as the pileus when moist, and like it becoming pale when dry. =Gills= _adnate in the top of the cone_, appearing _as if free_, ascending, somewhat crowded, _linear, cinnamon_. Pastures and grassy places in woods. Common. May to November. _Stevenson._